Speaking of courage and Scott Brown

by Datechguy | May 24th, 2011

Speaking of courage and Scott Brown

It’s clear that democ­rats in Mass­a­chu­setts would use sup­port of the Ryan plan as a weapon against him, but I took Brown at his word that he had spe­cific objec­tions to the plan. Every­body doesn’t agree with every­thing so I didn’t con­sider it a big deal. When peo­ple objected on twit­ter to the vote say­ing we need a real con­ser­v­a­tive in Mass­a­chu­setts I asked “A real con­ser­v­a­tive like Martha Coakley?”

I was going to let it drop until the word started going around that Scott Brown couldn’t vote for the Ryan plan because of Newt poi­soned the water and look at the League of Woman vot­ers attacks.

Let’s answer this stuff now:

1. I don’t know what other people’s expec­ta­tions but I expect my US Senator’s to use a stan­dard other than “Does Newt Gin­grich put his foot in his mouth” on what will be sup­ported or not.

2. If any­one in the GOP thinks that the League of Lib­eral Women vot­ers or any other lib­eral group is going to go less all out against Scott Brown they are delud­ing them­selves. Brown could vote a straight Harry Reid line and Mass­a­chu­setts lib­er­als would spend tens of mil­lions to destroy him.

I’m very much hop­ing that this “We can’t vote for this with a tough elec­tion” line is not offi­cially sanc­tioned from the Brown cam­paign, because if it is then that means they didn’t learn this les­son:

#3 Light Dawns on Mar­ble Head

The league’s actions clearly demon­strate the futil­ity of court­ing the media and “main­stream” groups. It is a les­son he may not under­stand but he needs to learn asap. Sen­a­tor Brown you’re a nice guy but get this through your head:

No mat­ter how many votes you give them, no mat­ter many words you say or do. LIB­ERALNGO’S ANDTHEMSMARENOTGOINGTOSUP­PORTYOUIN2012.

Once you get this through your head, the rest is easy.

Of these lessons the 3rd is the most impor­tant for Sen­a­tor Brown to learn, will he be wise enough to do so. That is the $64,000 question.

It is the fail­ure to learn this les­son that has cost the GOP over and over again.

I think Scott Brown is a good sen­a­tor and a decent fel­low. I was very pleased to sup­port him in 2010 and I expect to sup­port him in 2012, but if any­one thinks that appeas­ing lib­er­als is the way to win they are delud­ing them­selves. Brown won by only 5 points in a huge turnout, he may want pre­vent defec­tions among inde­pen­dents but he def­i­nitely can’t afford defec­tions from his base, because those are the peo­ple who make the calls, who do the stand outs and but­ton­hole folks.

Update: Kelly Ayotte just stated on Fox she would vote for the plan, yet one more rea­son for con­ser­v­a­tives in Mass­a­chu­setts to move to New Hampshire

It’s clear that democrats in Massachusetts would use support of the Ryan plan as a weapon against him, but I took Brown at his word that he had specific objections to the plan. Everybody doesn’t agree with everything so I didn’t consider it a big deal. When people objected on twitter to the vote saying we need a real conservative in Massachusetts I asked “A real conservative like Martha Coakley?”

I was going to let it drop until the word started going around that Scott Brown couldn’t vote for the Ryan plan because of Newt poisoned the water and look at the League of Woman voters attacks.

Let’s answer this stuff now:

1. I don’t know what other people’s expectations but I expect my US Senator’s to use a standard other than “Does Newt Gingrich put his foot in his mouth” on what will be supported or not.

2. If anyone in the GOP thinks that the League of Liberal Women voters or any other liberal group is going to go less all out against Scott Brown they are deluding themselves. Brown could vote a straight Harry Reid line and Massachusetts liberals would spend tens of millions to destroy him.

I’m very much hoping that this “We can’t vote for this with a tough election” line is not officially sanctioned from the Brown campaign, because if it is then that means they didn’t learn this lesson:

#3 Light Dawns on Marble Head

The league’s actions clearly demonstrate the futility of courting the media and “mainstream” groups. It is a lesson he may not understand but he needs to learn asap. Senator Brown you’re a nice guy but get this through your head:

No matter how many votes you give them, no matter many words you say or do. LIBERAL NGO’S AND THE MSM ARE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT YOU IN 2012.

Once you get this through your head, the rest is easy.

Of these lessons the 3rd is the most important for Senator Brown to learn, will he be wise enough to do so. That is the $64,000 question.

It is the failure to learn this lesson that has cost the GOP over and over again.

I think Scott Brown is a good senator and a decent fellow. I was very pleased to support him in 2010 and I expect to support him in 2012, but if anyone thinks that appeasing liberals is the way to win they are deluding themselves. Brown won by only 5 points in a huge turnout, he may want prevent defections among independents but he definitely can’t afford defections from his base, because those are the people who make the calls, who do the stand outs and buttonhole folks.

Update: Kelly Ayotte just stated on Fox she would vote for the plan, yet one more reason for conservatives in Massachusetts to move to New Hampshire

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